Gordon Hempton has a new article up on his Quiet Planet website talking about recording waves.
Find a beach exposed to the open ocean (high-energy) with a large tidal change (higher latitudes) at least several miles from the nearest frequently used road (wilderness) that slopes sharply, so at low tide you encounter diverse substrates (sand, gravel, cobblestones).
Head here to … [Read more...]

It's April, and you'd be a fool if you didn't check out this past month's freshly released sound libraries. From quiet forests, ocean sounds, and country ambience, to war-torn future soundscapes and the introduction of a new company to the sound design community, plus a BIG contest announcement, Designing Sound's monthly round up has you covered. … [Read more...]

As a sound designer, there are many different thoughts that come to mind when considering a topic such as noise. Everything from using tone generated noise, like white noise in the designing of sound effects, to a technical discussion on different types of dither algorithms, but when I kept thinking about noise, one slightly different viewpoint of the word "noise" kept coming … [Read more...]

This is a follow up post to Jamie's article from last night. I spent some time at the Avid booth today to get answers to questions I developed after catching up on the press release data; and to also address some of the points that Jamie brought up in his article.
Let's start out with this fancy new multiple file formats in the session. It's quite happy looking at nearly … [Read more...]

Waves has published the results of the sound design competition where Designing Sound collaborated. The winner is Toby Hulse, who did a fantastic job on the video. Take a look:
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/20419400[/vimeo]
Congratulations, Toby!!!
You can read a detailed description of Toby's process and use of the plugins/sounds here.
Judges' comments about the video:
Charles … [Read more...]

Welcome to the sixth and last article in these series dedicated to explore the plugins included in the Waves Sound Design Suite. Finally I'm going to talk about some important tools included in the bundle:
DeEsser
LoAir
PAZ Psychoacoustic Analyzer
PS22 Stereo Maker
S1
TransX
DeEsser
Although DeEsser is dynamics/frequency processor, I think it's more a special tool for … [Read more...]